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Families in Leeds will have a chance to meet the festive season’s favourite couple as Lotherton’s spectacular Christmas Experience returns.

Tickets are now on sale for the award-winning family-friendly attraction, which this year will give visitors an opportunity to meet Santa, Mrs Claus and their elves as part of one sparkling seasonal package.

One of Tropical World’s pygmy marmosets was matched with a female through a breeding programme and has moved in with her at Drayton Manor Zoo.

The new play barn at Temple Newsam's home farm is set to open to the public on 20 September after works to convert the old cow byre have been completed. 

Work to completely refurbish parks tennis courts across Leeds has finished, with 50 courts in 11 parks given new life.

Visitors to parks in Leeds are being encouraged to listen to stories while they take a stroll this summer through the new ‘Walking Books’ project.

The hope is to introduce reading to new audiences with free eAudiobooks and promote wellbeing.

Some of Leeds’ most popular parks have been awarded the Green Flag Award after being recognised as being of international quality.

Children at playgrounds around Leeds are being encouraged to learn sign language as new fun educational boards are installed.

An apprentice gardener dedicated to changing the way people view gardens has won Apprentice of the Year at the North Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards in the public service category.

Harvest mice, Europe’s smallest rodent, have been found in Breary Marsh in Leeds after last having been recorded there in 1975.

Leeds City Council is supporting investment in four local green spaces to boost biodiversity by improving wildlife habitats across the city. This comes after a successful pilot project funded by developers delivered improvements to local habitats including grasslands, woodlands and a wetland.

A gigantic jungle plant which has been growing in Leeds for more than half a century has found the perfect new home after a monster move to Roundhay’s Tropical World.

The huge monstera, popularly known as a cheese plant, has been a resident in a stairwell at Leeds General Infirmary’s medical school since the 1970s, where staff affectionately named her Audrey.

More people are invited to sign up for green space volunteering opportunities this summer, to mark National Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June).